Austin Osman Spare
The Moonlight Sonata
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.920 GBP
Price realised: 1.920 GBP
Description
Austin Osman Spare (British, 1886-1956)
The Moonlight Sonata
indistinctly signed with initials 'AOS' (lower right); further signed, titled and inscribed 'Drawn for Mrs Violet Dawe, The Moon-light Sonata/by Austin O. Spare./1954.' (on backboard)
chalk on paper
42.5 x 53cm (16 3/4 x 20 7/8in).
With Victor Arwas Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner, 17 December 2014 | Private Collection, South Korea
The Moonlight Sonata
indistinctly signed with initials 'AOS' (lower right); further signed, titled and inscribed 'Drawn for Mrs Violet Dawe, The Moon-light Sonata/by Austin O. Spare./1954.' (on backboard)
chalk on paper
42.5 x 53cm (16 3/4 x 20 7/8in).
With Victor Arwas Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner, 17 December 2014 | Private Collection, South Korea
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work The Moonlight Sonata by Austin Osman Spare was sold in the Modern British and Irish Art auction at Bonhams in Los Angeles in July this year. It changed hands for a price of GBP 1,920.00 (€ 2,240.06) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 1,500.00 – 2,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Austin Osman Spare achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Nude, Charlotte Newman in December 2015 with an auction result of GBP 43,750.00 (€ 59,410.40).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit The Moonlight Sonata von Austin Osman Spare wurde im Juli diesen Jahres in der Auktion Modern British and Irish Art bei Bonhams in Los Angeles versteigert. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 1.920,00 (€ 2.240,06) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 1.500,00 – 2.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Austin Osman Spare erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Nude, Charlotte Newman im Dezember 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 43.750,00 (€ 59.410,40).
Austin Osman Spare - Auction history
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